Question #1de64

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Sep 13, 2015

The gold foil sheet is 1.07*10^-4 cm1.07104cm thick.

Explanation:

To get this one first has to divide the mass of the gold sheet by the density of gold to get the volume:

("Mass of Gold")/("Density") = "Volume"Mass of GoldDensity=Volume

Volume = (6.5*10^-3 g)/(19.32 g/(cm^3))Volume=6.5103g19.32gcm3

Volume = (6.5*10^-3 g)*(1/19.32) (cm^3)/gVolume=(6.5103g)(119.32)cm3g

*This is because the division was changed to multiplication so that the cm^3cm3 is at the top and the grams cancel.

Therefore: "Volume" = 3.35*10^-4cm^3Volume=3.35104cm3

("Volume")/("Area") = "Thickness"VolumeArea=Thickness

Thus: Thickness = (3.35*10^-4cm^3)/(3.12cm^2)3.35104cm33.12cm2

Thickness = 1.07*10^-4cm1.07104cm

Hope I helped :)